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1688776

registered interest
date	08/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Technology: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on developing tech skills in the workforce.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	901510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent and skills are a vital strand of the government’s UK Science and Technology Framework, published in 2023, which aims to cement the UK’s status as a science and technology superpower by 2030.</p><p>The department is working with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, including through government-industry groups such as the Digital Skills Council. This brings together government and industry to address current and future demand for digital skills, including promoting routes into digital careers and the range of opportunities to re-skill and up-skill.</p><p>The department is making it easier for people of all ages and backgrounds to access the STEM training they need through the ladder of opportunity provided by our skills system reforms, including:</p><ul><li>Investment of £3.8 billion over the course of this parliament to strengthen higher education (HE) and further education (FE).</li></ul><ul><li>Scaling up delivery of apprenticeships, T Levels, Skills Bootcamps, and Higher Technical Qualifications, and establishing our network of 21 Institutes of Technology.</li></ul><p>There are over 350 high-quality, employer-designed STEM apprenticeships and from 2024 students will be able to apply for apprenticeships on the UCAS website. The number of digital, ICT practitioner apprenticeship starts have increased year-on-year since 2019/20, with 24,140 starts in the 2022/23 year (over 40% increase compared to starts in the 2019/20 year).</p><p>Over 1,000 Skills Bootcamps are available across the country, offering training in tech subjects such as software development, cyber security and data analytics.</p><p>The introduction of a Lifelong Learning Entitlement will transform access to FE and HE, offering all adults the equivalent of four years’ worth of student loans to use flexibly on quality education and skills training over their lifetime.</p><p>These programmes are achieving the vision set out in the UK Science and Technology Framework to boost the supply of tech skills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 21/02/2024 11:44:32 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1686774

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Genomics: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the availability of genomic testing.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	12685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2024 answer text <p>The National Genomic Test Directory defines which genomic tests must be delivered by the NHS Genomic Laboratory Hubs in England, as well as who is eligible for genomic testing. The directory currently covers testing for over 3,200 rare diseases and over 200 cancer clinical indications. NHS England regularly updates the directory, through a robust and evidence-based test evaluation process, to keep pace with scientific and technological advances, and to ensure that genomic testing is available for all patients for whom it would be of clinical benefit. Testing is available for all eligible patients across England.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 09/02/2024 10:40:07 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1686775

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Genomics: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to ensure future NHS genomic testing publications include data on access to different cancer tests based on an individual's (a) ethnicity, (b) socioeconomic status and (c) type of cancer test.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	12686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>National Health Service genomic testing activity data, collected from all seven NHS Genomic Laboratory Hubs, is available on the NHS England website. NHS England will continue to publish this data on a quarterly basis. The published data indicates the total volume of genomic testing activity completed per month, broken down into cancer and rare and inherited disease. The cancer data is further separated into nine different categories of cancer. NHS England is looking into separating this further if there are other specific categories of cancer test type which would be of interest. The published data does not currently include data broken down by ethnicity or socioeconomic status, but NHS England’s ambition is to improve and expand future publications of the data, which may include areas relating to health inequalities.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/02/2024 15:27:18 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1686776

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of variations in access to genetic and genomic testing for cancer through the NHS Genomics Medicine Service; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce these variations.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	12687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The seven NHS Genomic Medicine Service Alliances raise awareness of genomics among healthcare professionals and support delivery of equitable access to genomic testing, clinical genetics, and genomic counselling services. NHS England has also established the NHS Genomics Ethics, Equity and Legal Advisory Group to ensure that the NHS Genomic Medicine Service (NHS GMS) provides equitable access to all patients. The group will identify and review appropriate datasets to inform health inequalities analysis of the NHS GMS, and identify actions to address inequalities.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/02/2024 15:44:36 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1686779

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cancer: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the impact of trends in average waiting times for biomarker and genomic testing on waiting times for cancer treatment.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	12690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has implemented capturing of Patient Level Contract Monitoring data across the National Health Service Genomic Laboratory Hubs (GLHs) to facilitate a national approach to reporting and validating activity data and turnaround times. This will enable NHS England to understand activity volumes, detect any backlogs, and institute recovery. NHS England undertakes a quarterly assurance process with each of the NHS GLHs to monitor improvements in turnaround times to ensure these are being met in every region and for all patients.</p><p>NHS England is also undertaking a programme of work alongside clinical experts, including the Medical Royal Colleges, to establish clinically relevant cancer turnaround times across diagnosis, prognosis, treatment determining clinical use cases and optimising cancer pathways to ensure genomic test results are provided in a clinically relevant timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/02/2024 15:33:11 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1686879

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British National (Overseas): Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing British National (Overseas) passport holders to use e-gates at the UK border.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	12722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government regularly reviews eGate eligibility for all groups, including British Nationals (Overseas). We have set out an ambitious vision for the future border in the New Plan for Immigration and remain committed to increasing the use of automation amongst those currently eligible and exploring options to allow more cohorts to use eGates.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 15/02/2024 11:35:19 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1686880

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British National (Overseas): Voluntary Work
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing British National (Overseas) passport holders to undertake voluntary work as (a) sportspersons and (b) sports coaches.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	12723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The restriction on working as a professional sportsperson applies to those holding permission on certain visa routes, including the British National (Overseas) visa. If an individual meets any of the indicators listed in the definition of a professional sportsperson at Paragraph 6 of the Immigration Rules, they are classified as such, and if the restriction on work as a professional sportsperson is present in their visa conditions, they would therefore be breaching the terms of their visa.</p><p>However, it is not this Government’s intention to restrict anyone coming to the UK and taking part in sport recreationally. ‘Amateur’ is defined in the Immigration Rules as:</p><p>“<strong>“Amateur”</strong> means a person who engages in a sport or creative activity solely for personal enjoyment and who is not seeking to derive a living from the activity.”</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 08/02/2024 16:21:35 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1686881

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British National (Overseas): Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the documentation provided to British National Overseas passport holders to access mandatory provident fund monies.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	12724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK firmly opposes the discrimination that British National (Overseas) status holders are facing in applying for early withdrawal of their pension funds held by the Mandatory Provident Fund in Hong Kong. The documentary requirements for accessing the scheme are a matter for the Hong Kong authorities. We have urged them to facilitate the early drawdown of funds as is the case for other Hong Kong residents who move overseas permanently and will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 07/02/2024 15:56:02 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1686882

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reducing and (b) eliminating the residency requirement for British National Overseas visa holders to qualify for (i) home fee status and (ii) student finance.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	12725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>To qualify for student finance in the UK, a person must have settled status or a recognised connection to the UK. <br> <br> Subject to meeting the normal eligibility requirements, British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) status holders will be able to qualify for student finance once they have acquired settled status, which is usually after five years, and have three years of ordinary residence in the UK. <br> <br> The government believes that it is right that the support provided by the taxpayer should be targeted at those who have a history of a lawful and substantial residence in the UK.</p><p>There are no plans to review BN(O) status holders’ access to student finance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 08/02/2024 15:41:49 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1681435

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support local football clubs.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
uin	900903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>By 2025, we will have invested over £320 million into grassroots football and multi-sport facilities across the UK. Furthermore, as announced in the King’s Speech, the Government will bring forward legislation to establish a new Independent Football Regulator, to ensure that English football is sustainable for the benefit of fans and local communities.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/01/2024 13:53:07 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn